A coalition of Nigerian-American organisations in the U.S. has pledged its support to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris.
The pledge was conveyed in a congratulatory message by the Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians on behalf of 18 other professional, religious and socio-cultural bodies.
According to the organisations, the raging COVID-19 pandemic and other global challenges offer the U.S. a tremendous opportunity to strengthen its global leadership role.
The coalition expressed optimism that a Biden-Harris administration would rise to the occasion, while also making life better for all Americans in an atmosphere of peace, equity and justice.
The coalition include the Absolute Faith International Church; Akwa Ibom State Association, New York; Association for Credible Leadership in Nigeria; Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas; Celestial Church of Christ and the Cherubim and Seraphim Church Movement.
Others are the Christ Apostolic Church First in the Americas; Igbo Organisation, New York; Karfi; Lagos Elite Club U.S.A.; Nigeria Independence Day Parade Committee; Nigerian American Public Affairs Committee and the Nigerian -Americans United.
The Nigerian Diasporian Voice; Nigerian Lawyers Association; Nigerian Nurses Association of U.S.A.; Nigerian Youth Diaspora Engagement Forum; Occupy Nigeria Organisation; Regional Council of Nigerian Muslims.
